Liver cancer

Question 1

What form of liver tumor primarily from oral contraceptives

Answer 1

Liver Cell Adenoma

Question 2

What is characteristic of FNH

Answer 2

nodular hyperplastic parenchyma w/ one or more macroscopic central scars

Question 3

What is most common kind of benign tumor of liver

Answer 3

hemangioma

Question 4

Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma

Answer 4

Male, aflatoxin, Hep B and C, Cirrhosis, Hemochromatosis, Wilson’s disease, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, non alcoholic steatohepatitis

Question 5

Classic diagnostic study for primary hepatic CA

Answer 5

Alpha feto protein should be elevated in primary hepatic CA

Question 6

Treatment for liver cancer

Answer 6

Wedge resection, lobectomy, trisegmentectomy, liver transplant (rare)

Question 7

What are optimal tumor characteristics for liver resection

Answer 7

Solitary tumor w/o major vascular invasion

Question 8

3 categories of cholangiocarcinoma

Answer 8

Intrahepatic, perihilar, distal

Question 9

Clinical presentation of cholangiocarcinoma

Answer 9

Signs of biliary tract obstruction

Question 10

Lab test for cholangiocarcinoma

Answer 10

Elevated Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), as well as elevated CA 19-9. Also do liver function studies